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Medicine

Minimally Invasive Versus Open Distal Pancreatectomy

Quick fact

In randomized trials, laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy reduced hospital stay by about 2 days and blood loss compared to open surgery, while achieving similar rates of complete tumor removal (R0 margins) and overall survival.

Why this is interesting

Would you choose a surgery with five small incisions or one long cut? The answer might seem obvious, but the evidence is more nuanced than you'd expect.